Ivy Liacopoulou

Ivy Liacopoulou grew up in Limassol, Cyprus, a beautiful island in the eastern Mediterranean, where her passion for cooking began as a child, helping her mother in the kitchen. Ivy belongs to a new generation of home cooks who loves to experiment and create new recipes of her own. She is the author of two cookbooks and she owns and manages Cooking Classes, in Nafplio, Peloponnese.

This autumn fruit crumble is not just another usual crumble as it quite unusual. Apart from apples, which is one of the fruit for autumn recipes, I combined it with delicious quince and with pumpkin.

I have been planning to write this post a while ago, but with all of the craziness going on, I just never got to it. In the last several weeks, I’ve won a few Awards and it’s time to acknowledge receipt of them. Thank you all of you for thinking of me. PG, from My …

Mahalebi is a Cypriot pudding made with water or milk and corn flour. The traditional way of making mahalepi is with water. No sugar is added in the cream but when served, always chilled, rose water and sugar are added on top, or triantafyllo (rose cordial syrup), which is sweet and no extra sugar is added.

Fresh anthotyros is often called the Greek cream cheese because of its texture and taste, although it is more granular in texture than regular cream cheese. It is traditionally used as a table or dessert cheese and as an ingredient in stuffed pies (pitas). It goes well with fruits such as figs, pears, and apples. …

Stuffed chicken rolls with bacon, halloumi and spinach served with mushroom sauce.

The World Food Day was celebrated on the 16th October and we had a lovely roundup with lots of entries. My blog sister Val, of More than Burnt Toast, and I wish to thank you all for participating and bringing awareness to your readers about the hunger problems that exist around the world and which …

Back in the summer when I was experimenting with gelatin, I made this dessert with watermelon. The dessert was nice and refreshing but it was not too sweet so if you ever try and make it add a little bit more sugar, say 1/2 a cup. The jello part on top was unintentional and I …

Glykia Tyropita, which means sweet cheese pie, was inspired by Cypriot Bourekia, which are made with homemade phyllo, anari (whey cheese similar to ricotta), cinnamon and orange blossom water.

Making candied or other citrus peels, is a good way to use up the rind and it goes good with any citrus flavoured cake. Try it as it tastes amazing.

Today is World Food Day…a day set aside by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…. This day has been celebrated each year on October 16th since 1945. The theme for this years conference is “World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy.” My blog sister Val, of More than Burnt …